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Another Rant Incoming
5 years ago
Feel free to comment or ask anything about any of the I post.
Feel free to ignore this if you want. Up to you:
I'm questioning if I should leave the fandom or not, for a number of reasons spanning a large range.
The first is my art. I'll admit it's not something you'd hang in a museum, but I never claimed to be an art major or anyone with any major art skills. That said, I've tried to take steps to improve on it. But recently, all I get when I showcase a piece on other platforms is nothing but harsh criticism telling me thing I've already tried to do multiple times. After trying over and over again to try and do something that you're already doing is a hurtful experience. While I don't mind having some constructive criticism or some insightful tips or tricks to try, it only is destructive and demoralizing comments anymore and frankly, I'm planning on giving up completely on it.
The second is being treated as an object in some regards. I've had a number of people flirt/hit on me, or randomly PM me to RP (I know, we've all had that). But when I try to explain I don't RP and I'm not interested they take it as a personal attack in some cases. It's just a never ending cycle that I can't deal with anymore. Plus, most of the people trying to flirt with me are already in a relationship and don't live in the U.S. I'm not someone's side hookup, period.
The third is also the double standard that I'm put under. I am, generally, a friendly, nice guy that people like to talk to about anything. And they tend to also talk to me about problems and such, which I can, kinda, understand. It helps to have someone to listen to your problems. But when I try to talk to people about similar problems with me, I get blown off or given the cold shoulder. It's like I'm just an object for them to use. It hurts to have it happen and has lead me to start removing and ignoring random PMs.
The fourth is the toxicity from the fandom as well. I've been told, to my face, that my characters were uninteresting and boring because they were canines, dragons, and foxes. Then, a few months later, the same person called me uncreative and make false accusations about me when I worked on creating my original species, the Direcros. I proved them wrong in a P.M. but they never cleared my name publicly from that incident or attempted to set the record right. Instead they blocked me on all platforms after I had to go blue in the face explaining to them all of that. And I wish this was the only toxicity the fandom had shown me but it isn't. It was just the largest one. With that I can't take any more.
I'll continue to upload what I have done as of now, but after that I will likely go on hiatus to decide completely. And yes, it sounds like a rant... but that's because it's a rant.
If I do decide to leave, I'll make a formal post about it.
I'm questioning if I should leave the fandom or not, for a number of reasons spanning a large range.
The first is my art. I'll admit it's not something you'd hang in a museum, but I never claimed to be an art major or anyone with any major art skills. That said, I've tried to take steps to improve on it. But recently, all I get when I showcase a piece on other platforms is nothing but harsh criticism telling me thing I've already tried to do multiple times. After trying over and over again to try and do something that you're already doing is a hurtful experience. While I don't mind having some constructive criticism or some insightful tips or tricks to try, it only is destructive and demoralizing comments anymore and frankly, I'm planning on giving up completely on it.
The second is being treated as an object in some regards. I've had a number of people flirt/hit on me, or randomly PM me to RP (I know, we've all had that). But when I try to explain I don't RP and I'm not interested they take it as a personal attack in some cases. It's just a never ending cycle that I can't deal with anymore. Plus, most of the people trying to flirt with me are already in a relationship and don't live in the U.S. I'm not someone's side hookup, period.
The third is also the double standard that I'm put under. I am, generally, a friendly, nice guy that people like to talk to about anything. And they tend to also talk to me about problems and such, which I can, kinda, understand. It helps to have someone to listen to your problems. But when I try to talk to people about similar problems with me, I get blown off or given the cold shoulder. It's like I'm just an object for them to use. It hurts to have it happen and has lead me to start removing and ignoring random PMs.
The fourth is the toxicity from the fandom as well. I've been told, to my face, that my characters were uninteresting and boring because they were canines, dragons, and foxes. Then, a few months later, the same person called me uncreative and make false accusations about me when I worked on creating my original species, the Direcros. I proved them wrong in a P.M. but they never cleared my name publicly from that incident or attempted to set the record right. Instead they blocked me on all platforms after I had to go blue in the face explaining to them all of that. And I wish this was the only toxicity the fandom had shown me but it isn't. It was just the largest one. With that I can't take any more.
I'll continue to upload what I have done as of now, but after that I will likely go on hiatus to decide completely. And yes, it sounds like a rant... but that's because it's a rant.
If I do decide to leave, I'll make a formal post about it.
